Riots break out in Lima, Peru after the police forces go on strike the day before. The uprising (locally known as the Limazo) is bloodily suppressed by the military dictatorship. Date: February 5, 1975 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1975 📅 On This…
Operation Soap: The Metropolitan Toronto Police Force raids four gay bathhouses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, arresting just under 300, triggering mass protest and rallies. Date: February 5, 1981 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1981 📅 On This Day (Today)
Ugo Vetere, then the mayor of Rome, and Chedli Klibi, then the mayor of Carthage, meet in Tunis to sign a treaty of friendship officially ending the Third Punic War which lasted 2,131 years. Date: February 5, 1985 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in…
Manuel Noriega is indicted on drug smuggling and money laundering charges. Date: February 5, 1988 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1988 📅 On This Day (Today)
Markale massacres, more than 60 people are killed and some 200 wounded as a mortar shell explodes in a downtown marketplace in Sarajevo. Date: February 5, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
Byron De La Beckwith is convicted of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Date: February 5, 1994 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1994 📅 On This Day (Today)
The so-called Big Three banks in Switzerland announce the creation of a $71 million fund to aid Holocaust survivors and their families. Date: February 5, 1997 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 1997 📅 On This Day (Today)
Russian forces massacre at least 60 civilians in the Novye Aldi suburb of Grozny, Chechnya. Date: February 5, 2000 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 2000 📅 On This Day (Today)
Rebels from the Revolutionary Artibonite Resistance Front capture the city of Gonaïves, starting the 2004 Haiti rebellion. Date: February 5, 2004 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 2004 📅 On This Day (Today)
A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States kills 57. Date: February 5, 2008 Read more on Wikipedia → 📅 Other events on February 5 📅 Events on this day in 2008 📅 On This Day (Today)